Showing posts with label fear of low battery. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Has Your Older iPhone Slowed Down? Consider Replacing The Battery

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For years, there has been a conspiracy theory that Apple deliberately slows down the older iPhones when it launches new models to get you to upgrade. An analysis by Futuremark has proved that an older iPhone with a fully functioning battery is no slower than it was at the time of launch. A Reddit thread emerged over the weekend that offers some interesting details on why your older iPhone is slowing down and how you could speed it up.
Image Credit: Apple.com (screenshot)


Replacing the battery will boost the performance of your older iPhone

The Reddit thread has attracted more than 500 comments. Reddit user TeckFire pointed out that their iPhone 6S had been “very slow these past few weeks.” It was running slow despite “updating multiple times.” After comparing their iPhone 6S’ speed with their brother’s iPhone 6 Plus, TeckFire did some research with benchmarking and battery life apps. The user ended up replacing their iPhone’s battery.
It improved the older iPhone’s speed significantly. Before the battery replacement, their iPhone 6S scored 1466 in single-core and 2512 points in multi-core tests on GeekBench. The speed went up to 2526 in single-core and 4456 in multi-core tests after the battery replacement. TeckFire speculates that Apple intentionally slows down older handsets to offer a full day of battery life even when the battery has degraded over time.
Last year, a large number of iPhone 6S owners complained that their phone was shutting down unexpectedly. Apple said it was due to a manufacturing issue that affected a “very small” number of iPhone 6S devices. The company launched a repair program, offering free battery replacement for affected users. A couple of months later, the tech giant rolled out the iOS 10.2.1 to fix the shutdown issue.
Reddit users said Apple had realized that the iPhone 6S shutdown problem was far more common than it initially estimated. Instead of coming clean about it, Apple throttled the speed via the software update to “solve” the problem. Apple had claimed that the iOS 10.2.1 had reduced the shutdowns by 80% on iPhone 6S and more than 70% on iPhone 6 handsets.
One Reddit user added that the iOS 10.2.1 was dynamically changing the clock speed “relative to the voltage that the battery was outputting.” It ensured that the phone doesn’t draw too much power. According to Reddit users, the same routine also exists in the iOS 11. The dynamic throttling of an older iPhone’s maximum speed ensures that users get a full day of battery life even as the battery wears and tears.
If you have an older iPhone that suffers from this problem, you can use apps like CpuDasherX to check your phone’s clock speed. Many affected users have reported that the clock speed shown by CpuDasherX is far less than what it should be. It indicates that Apple is deliberating throttling older devices. Consider replacing your iPhone’s battery to experience a performance boost. Do not use third-party batteries from unknown vendors. A battery replacement through Apple Store costs $79.
Apple Insider reached out to their sources at Apple. The sources told the publication that Apple does “not have a replace battery step as a rectification step for user-reported slow iPhones.” The tech giant says the iPhone batteries are supposed to last about two years worth of charge cycles. It means most of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S series devices are past their peak performance.

Will your iPhone 7 also slow down?

It isn’t the first time Apple is throttling the speed to deliver a decent battery life on older devices. The tech giant does the same thing with MacBooks. Performance of a Mac is related to the battery wear and usage. The macOS optimizes the battery life and performance as the battery wears and tears.
Will the iPhone 7 and later devices also suffer from similar problems in the future? That’s unlikely. The A10 and A11 processors consist of some high-performance cores to handle tasks that require more processing power, and some high-efficiency cores that take care of the low-power tasks. It should offset the issues related to performance and battery life.
However, there is one factor that could still slow your older iPhone down: the new iOS versions. Each new iOS version brings new features that may consume more processing power. As a result, many users could see their old iPhones slowing.

iPhone X shipping time comes down to just two days

Apple has ramped up the supply of the iPhone X, its hottest product in years. If you want to get the iPhone X before the holidays, now could be the right time to buy it. The shipping times have come down from 5-6 weeks in early November to just two days now. If you order the phone from Apple’s online store, you could get it by the end of this week.
Apple’s manufacturing partners are now producing 450,000 to 550,000 iPhone X handsets per day. The device costs $999 for the 64GB model and $1,149 for the 256GB version. The iPhone X comes with Face ID facial scanner, Animoji, Portrait Lighting, augmented reality, and many other new features.

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Ten Tricks for Checking Your Phone Less

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Photo by Toshiyuki IMAI
The most frustrating thing about a phone addiction is that unlike actual substance abuse, the solution is not to stop using it completely. Instead, we have to find ways to use this technology responsibly, fighting apps overtly designed to steal our time.
Marketer Josh Spector wrote about ten habits that help him control his phone use. Acquiring these habits is hard, so we’re adding some tricks and apps that will enforce your self-control.

1. Stop checking your phone in the car.

Stick your phone in the glove compartment.
Android and Windows Mobile come with a driving mode that switches you to voice controls. iOS 11, coming out September 12, will include an automatic “Do Not Disturb While Driving” mode. (AT&T customers can already use the AT&T DriveMode app).
 
If Google Assistant isn’t enough, download Drivemode for Android for a “no-look” interface that automatically launches when you start driving.

2-3. Move your phone elsewhere when you watch TV or read.

When you’re out and about, it makes sense to keep your phone in your pocket. But when you get home, take it out. Leave it to charge, and try treating it like a home phone. The less often you check your phone for “just one thing,” the less often you get sucked into an hour of Twitter.
When you get up and check your phone, try leaving it plugged in, and/or standing right over the outlet. That’ll make it harder to accidentally pocket it and break the habit.

4. Turn off notifications.

Specifically, turn off all notifications that don’t require immediate action. You can probably leave calls and texts on, but turn off everything from Twitter, Facebook, and every app with a “follow” function.
Turn off your email notifications too. It’s not as if you don’t check your email every 20 minutes anyway. If you need, establish a “call/text if it’s an emergency” policy.
When you download a new app, disable notifications (or just never enable them). Let the app earn your attention.
If some notifications kind of matter, make them silent and hide them from your lock screen. They still might suck you in once you open your phone, but at least they won’t trigger a new browsing session.

5. Choose an end point for your browsing session.

Put your clock app on your home screen. When you open your phone, before anything else, set a timer for how long you want to spend on your phone.
Android offers some more automatic solutions. Use QualityTime to limit the time you spend on specific apps.
Try turning your phone off—like, really off—when you’re done using it. For most of us, this will prove a little too drastic. But try it just for a day and see what you gain. Everyone’s phone needs are different, so it’s normal to try a few tricks that don’t work out. That’s not failure, it’s just experimentation.

6. Stop checking your phone when in line.

For most of us, this is exactly what mobile phones are for. But if you really want to lean into the boredom that’s essential for creativity and reflection, then stop checking your phone just because you’re not doing anything for a minute.
Practically, this might mean keeping your phone in a different pocket, so you can’t pull it out quite so unconsciously. Get a wallpaper that reminds you to put down your phone. Add a fresh one weekly. Practice stopping and looking around you.

7. Don’t use your phone in bed.

Establish a no-phone time in the morning and evening. To enforce it—or to only block the less essential functions—use Freedom (iOS) or Offtime(iOS/Android) to turn off all access to domains like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. That way you can pick up your phone to check for actually important updates, while shielding yourself from drifting on over to your social feeds.
This may sound too stringent if your job occasionally involves social media. But even as a blogger, I’ve kept Freedom on, blocking Twitter between 9:30 PM and 7:30 AM. If I ever actually need to tweet at night, I could always go to my computer. At least five times a week I check my phone in bed, realize Twitter is blocked, and go back to my book.

8-9. Break the “checking” cycle.

Once you’ve checked your email, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and so on, it’s tempting to start the loop all over again. Instead check just one app at a time. Train yourself to put your phone down after your intended action.
It’s pretty hard to break the “what’s next” habit, so do anything you can to make switching apps less automatic. Close apps as soon as you use them, so you’d have to boot them up again. And hide all your distracting apps off of the home screen, putting them in folders so you have to dig for them or type their names to open.
Try deleting one social app at a time, for just a day or a week, to see whether you really need it. If you end up keeping one distracting app off your phone, it’ll be worth it.

10. Don’t expect a quick fix.

It’s difficult to find the right balance. Most of us really appreciate the advantages of a smart phone, and most of us also use it more than we want to. Most of these tricks only work as long as you’re paying attention to them, and apps keep finding new ways to invade your space, so you need to keep finding fresh ways to trick your brain out of bad behavior.
As Spector points out, the answer isn’t a one-time “digital detox.” It’s learning to live with, and earn the privilege of (as contributor Jake Knapp put it) “infinity in your pocket.” When you realize how big that obstacle is, it makes sense that there’s no quick fix—just regular habits, trial and error, and ups and downs.

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